The funny thing is that every criticism of Catholics is met with, “they don’t know Catholicism”.
It appears that the gnosticism is with the secret society who has the lock on all knowledge. The only way to obtain this secret knowledge is to join the secret society.
Although that's just the beginning. The magical initiation ceremony has to take place...which strangely must recur ad infinitum in order for the membership to stick.
And members must keep paying their dues moment by moment because the head of the organization hasn't paid for them.
No free rides of mercy in this group.
***The funny thing is that every criticism of Catholics is met with, “they don’t know Catholicism”.***
The ‘secrets’ of Catholicism are contained in Scripture, the Catechism and the various other publications that are and continue to be publically available.
Since the advent of the Internet, all the secrets of Catholicism are available from the comfort of your own computer chair.